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[Winkk]

I can totally relate to your post. I'm 70 and I'm hoping for another 15 at least, but I have been reminscing a lot lately, just thinking about my life. It's been a good life so far and I hope it continues to be, but when looking forward there seems to be time restraints now. When you're younger and time ticks by it's not so bad because you assume you have a lot left. But, at our age you cannot assume that anymore and it's rather unnerving. However, I don't dwell on it and just keep going.

[tansy]

On 9/9/2014 Ford1224 said:

On 9/9/2014 tansy said: When I was younger, I thought if I could hit 82 with my mind reasonably intact that would be a good long life. Now at 62 that's only 20 years away and I do think about it some days. The next car we buy will be our last, no more kittens, that kind of thing.

Exactly, Tansy, you hit the nail on the head. "This will probably be my last [fill in the blank]." They advertise something on TV, and I think "I'll never need that again." And, sadly, yes, no more pets. Probably no more babies to hold and love. And what kind of future will my kids and grandkids have in this troubled world . . . all of that.

Fortunately, I know this will pass. I'm probably in a temporary depression. I've had them before and I've always come out of them.

I come out of these funks, too, Ford. Maybe seeing my little grandson celebrate his first birthday and a few medical issues have set me off a bit.

[LilacTree]

On 9/9/2014 minkbunny said:

I think your feelings are perfectly normal and valid, Ford. There is a lot of melancholy in the country right now so our mortality naturally could surface in our through process.

Wishing you well (and I am going to bet the farm - and I love the farm - that you will see that granddaughter become a nurse).

Will you bet that handsome cowboy husband of yours? (Just kidding.)

You're so intuitive, minkbunny . . . you know exactly what has put me in this mode because you read one of my last posts. And it was a happy one too.

[NoelSeven]

This morning, my husband told me about research going on, using a virus to kill cancer cells. I said, "Wouldn't it be wonderful if we saw a cure for cancer in our lifetime?" There's little likelihood that will happen, but maybe my daughter will see it.

I have thought of other things that will happen later but it doesn't depress me, it's how it's always been for everyone.

But sometimes I do think of things that have happened in my lifetime, marvelous things. I'd say two of the biggest are going to the moon and beyond, and the discovery of DNA and all the amazing progress from that. That's a good thing to think about

[LilacTree]

On 9/9/2014 tansy said:

On 9/9/2014 Ford1224 said:

On 9/9/2014 tansy said: When I was younger, I thought if I could hit 82 with my mind reasonably intact that would be a good long life. Now at 62 that's only 20 years away and I do think about it some days. The next car we buy will be our last, no more kittens, that kind of thing.

Exactly, Tansy, you hit the nail on the head. "This will probably be my last [fill in the blank]." They advertise something on TV, and I think "I'll never need that again." And, sadly, yes, no more pets. Probably no more babies to hold and love. And what kind of future will my kids and grandkids have in this troubled world . . . all of that.

Fortunately, I know this will pass. I'm probably in a temporary depression. I've had them before and I've always come out of them.

I come out of these funks, too, Ford. Maybe seeing my little grandson celebrate his first birthday and a few medical issues have set me off a bit.

I hope all is OK.

[minkbunny]

On 9/9/2014 Ford1224 said:

On 9/9/2014 minkbunny said:

I think your feelings are perfectly normal and valid, Ford. There is a lot of melancholy in the country right now so our mortality naturally could surface in our through process.

Wishing you well (and I am going to bet the farm - and I love the farm - that you will see that granddaughter become a nurse).

Will you bet that handsome cowboy husband of yours? (Just kidding.)

You're so intuitive, minkbunny . . . you know exactly what has put me in this mode because you read one of my last posts. And it was a happy one too.

Will you bet that handsome cowboy husband of yours? (Just kidding.)

Sure thing, I will. I am that positive that you will be handing that beautiful granddaughter a bouquet of roses on graduation night.

[LilacTree]

On 9/9/2014 minkbunny said:

On 9/9/2014 Ford1224 said:

On 9/9/2014 minkbunny said:

I think your feelings are perfectly normal and valid, Ford. There is a lot of melancholy in the country right now so our mortality naturally could surface in our through process.

Wishing you well (and I am going to bet the farm - and I love the farm - that you will see that granddaughter become a nurse).

Will you bet that handsome cowboy husband of yours? (Just kidding.)

You're so intuitive, minkbunny . . . you know exactly what has put me in this mode because you read one of my last posts. And it was a happy one too.

Will you bet that handsome cowboy husband of yours? (Just kidding.)

Sure thing, I will. I am that positive that you will be handing that beautiful granddaughter a bouquet of roses on graduation night.

Give me time on that one, minkbunny . . .

[irishmama5]

At 59 I do wonder if I will be around to see my Grand children graduate college or marry chances are NO. But I prefer to live now and be greatfull I lived to have grandchildren. I work with Hospice children most don't make it to 5 their parents take it day to day, good place to start day by day.

[minkbunny]

On 9/9/2014 irishmama5 said: At 59 I do wonder if I will be around to see my Grand children graduate college or marry chances are NO. But I prefer to live now and be greatfull I lived to have grandchildren. I work with Hospice children most don't make it to 5 their parents take it day to day, good place to start day by da

I don't know about tomorrow
I just live from day to day
I don't borrow from the sunshine
For it's skies may turn to gray
I don't worry o'er the future
For I know what Jesus said
And today He'll walk beside me
For He knows what lies ahead

Many things about tomorrow
I don't seem to understand
But I know who holds tomorrow
And I know who holds my hand

Ev'ry step is getting brighter
As the golden stairs I climb
Ev'ry burden's getting lighter
Ev'ry cloud is silver lined
There the sun is always shining
There no tear will dim the eye
At the ending of the rainbow
Where the mountains touch the sky

Many things about tomorrow
I don't seem to understand
But I know who holds tomorrow
And I know who holds my hand

[DoneTryin]

I've never given it any thought. What I have considered, though, is what I've seen in my 66 years on this planet, & what my grandparents saw in their lifetimes. One of my grandmothers was born in 1895 & lived to 96. In that time, this country went from the first airplanes to men walking on the moon! Most of the readers here would know what I've seen in this world.